Babangida's impeachment: Police seal up Niger state House of Assembly

Babangida's impeachment: Police seal up Niger state House of Assembly

Police have sealed up the Niger state House of Assembly stopping members and staff from gaining entry over alleged speculation of a plot to impeach the governor Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu.

A detachment of police and members of the Department of State Security Service (DSS) took over the premises of the assembly on Tuesday as early as 6:30 am leading to traffic gridlock along Paikoro road.

Daily Trust learnt that the alleged plot to impeach the governor was owing to some allegation of underfunding of the house for some months which has made legislative work difficult in the state.

Source close to the assembly said the impeachment plot was not only against the governor but also the speaker of the House, Barrister Adamu Usman who is alleged to have been conniving with the executive to render the assembly ineffective.

The members who were denied access to the assembly were forced to abandon their vehicles 100 meters away and trekked to the gate of the house.

They were initially stopped at the gate by the police but they forced their way in to the premises.

Clerk of the House Abdullahi Kagara told Daily Trust on phone that he did not know why the police invaded the premises.

He said he was denied access to his office.

The state police commissioner, Emmanuel Amore said the deployment of police to the state assembly was part of its proactive measure based on intelligence report to maintain law and order.

-Daily Trust